Falka was the oldest daughter of Redania's King Vridank and his first wife, Beatrix of Kovir. Three years after the wedding of King Goidemar of Temeria and Riannon, Falka became the leader of a rebellion that grew notorious. During the rebellion, Falka apparently killed her father, two half-brothers - Heltmult and Denhard - and her father's second wife - queen Cerro. She also imprisoned the then-pregnant Riannon. Later information dug up by Fenn would suggest that Fiona was actually Falka's daughter, not Adela. And also that she carried elder blood in her veins.